Presentation to the Public Utilities and Technology Interim Committee of the Utah State Legislature.
NOTE: The interim committee meeting was canceled, this presentation is for informational purposes only.
Human Factors of XR: Using Human Factors to Design XR Systems
Utah Broadband Project--Legislative Presentation
1. Presentation for the
Public Utilities and Technology Interim
Committee of the Utah State Legislature
October 17, 2010
Note: The Legislative meeting was canceled. These
slides were prepared, but NOT actually presented to the
committee. For informational use only.
2. The Utah Broadband Project
Purpose
To develop a statewide map of
available broadband services and a
plan to increase broadband adoption
and deployment in the state.
3. The Utah Broadband Project
A joint effort between
– the Utah Public Service Commission (PSC) [the official
grant designee],
– the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED),
[responsible for coordination and planning], and
– the Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC)
[responsible for mapping/technical services]
Subcontractors, as needed.
7. Broadband Mapping: What is Being Mapped?
• NTIA Broadband Definition:
– Low Bar: 768K down, 200K Up
– What are Utah’s goals?
• Mapping Speed & Technology:
– Wireless Service Areas
• Service polygons
– Wire-based Service Areas
• Census Block (where blocks <= 2 sq miles)
• Road Segment
• Address Service Points
– Infrastructure
• Middle & Last Mile Locations
– Service Overview (by county)
– Community Anchor Institutions
• Schools, Emergency Response, Health, Government, Public Services
12. NTIA/FCC Speed Tiers
Download time for 160 MB file
(30 minute video, large software download, etc)
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
.768m
bps
1.5
m
bps
3
m
bps
6
m
bps
10
m
bps
25
m
bps
50
m
bps
100
m
bps
1
gbps
megabitspersecond
1000
28 min 14 min
7 min
3.5 min
2.1 min
51 sec
26 sec
13 sec
2.5 sec
19. Local Area
Broadband
Maps
• Goal: Inform and
Solicit Feedback
from Community
Leaders
• Overview
– more detailed
information in
forthcoming
interactive map
20. State Broadband Map
• Interactive online map
• Allows the public to explore non-confidential
broadband data
• broadband.utah.gov (available January 2011)
– Primary audiences:
• Consumer
• Community, Civic Leaders
• Policy: Incentives, Planning, etc.
21. Choose map
background layers here:
- Demographics
- Speed Tests
- # of Providers
- Aerial Photography
- …
-Draft-
With Test Data
22. Choose map
background layers here:
- Demographics
- Speed Tests
- # of Providers
- Aerial Photography
- …
-Draft-
With Test Data
24. • Partnership with Local Governments
• Broad Benefits
– Emergency Response
– Service Delivery (postal service)
– Voter Precincting
– Integrating Databases
• Discovering efficiencies
• Fraud detection
• Example: Danish Address Point Data
– ROI: 40:1
($83 million in direct cost savings for
$2 million expense)
– Benefit:
30% Public Sector, 70% Private Sector
– US Address info maintained by
Census Bureau, not publicly available
Statewide Address Point Map Data Development
27. Questions, feedback or technical
assistance requests?
Contact the Utah Broadband Project team anytime at
broadband@utah.gov
Tara Thue, GOED
tthue@utah.gov
Bert Granberg, AGRC
bgranberg@utah.gov
Hinweis der Redaktion
Increasingly, broadband Internet service is viewed as a critical component of a nation or state’s physical infrastructure and a key driver of economic growth in the world’s most economically developed counties. Ensuring that the infrastructure necessary to provide broadband service is universally available and that all citizens who wish to subscribe are able to do so are policy goals of many governments. Universal availability is, for example, a policy goal set forth in the National Broadband Plan, issued in March 2010 in response to a congressional mandate.
The project will help identify critical unserved and underserved areas and populations. This information will help in the development of a statewide plan to expand affordable, reliable broadband services to every citizen of the state.
Quick overview on the features of the homepage
Homepage--Announcements about Events and Project News
Provider Tab
Data Submission Deadlines
Data Submission Portal
Data Feedback
Consumers
Impact
Agriculture
Culture and Entertainment
Disabled Community
Economic Development
Education
Energy and Environment
Healthcare
Libraries
Local Government
Public Safety
Policy
State and Local
National
Resources
Federal Agencies and Programs
Congressional
State
Non-Profit
Academic
Other State’s broadband efforts
Feedback
Interactive Map (Which Bert Granberg from AGRCwill discuss next)
Speedtest (
-For example, my current service falls in the 10 mbps or less category.
-We will have the percentage of the population served broken for each speed in March 2011 (awaiting latest census data)
-Likely the 2-most common speeds
-Current data is at the census block level (not granular enough to identify individual households or businesses)
Zoom to Location, Data Filter is Map Legend
Zoom to area, Filter Data
Click on Map, Get Provider Information
Increasingly, broadband Internet service is viewed as a critical component of a nation or state’s physical infrastructure and a key driver of economic growth in the world’s most economically developed counties. Ensuring that the infrastructure necessary to provide broadband service is universally available and that all citizens who wish to subscribe are able to do so are policy goals of many governments. Universal availability is, for example, a policy goal set forth in the National Broadband Plan, issued in March 2010 in response to a congressional mandate.